[ale] Firefox plugins

[Geoffrey]

David Corbin wrote:
> On Monday 22 May 2006 03:35 pm, Jim Popovitch wrote:
>> David Corbin wrote:
>>> On Monday 22 May 2006 10:13 am, roberth1954 at aim.com wrote:
>>>> find / -name plugins
>>> I have a whole bunch.  Which is why I asked the question.
>>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Try this:
>>
>> find / -type d -name plugins.
> 
> I have 81 directories named 'plugins'.  The "-type d" is irrelevant.  6 of 
> them look like the're related to mozilla products, which is why I wanted to 
> know if there was a way to see which one was being used.
> 
> Firefox says I've got the plugin loaded (about:plugins), 

In most cases the plugins directory will reside in a firefox directory, 
so if you want to narrow your search, try:

for dir in $(find / -type d -name '*firefox*' -print); do
find $dir -name 'plugins' -print
done

That being said, your best way is to start with the path of the 
executable, for example:

rhws/home/esoteric> type firefox
firefox is /usr/bin/firefox

rhws/home/esoteric> file /usr/bin/firefox
/usr/bin/firefox: symbolic link to `/usr/local/firefox/firefox'

ls -l /usr/local/firefox/

browserconfig.properties  libnss3.so          libxpistub.so
chrome                    libnssckbi.so       mozilla-xremote-client
components                libplc4.so          plugins
defaults                  libplds4.so         readme.txt
extensions                libsmime3.so        removed-files
firefox                   libsoftokn3.chk     res
firefox-bin               libsoftokn3.so      run-mozilla.sh
greprefs                  libssl3.so          searchplugins
icons                     libxpcom_compat.so  updater
libmozjs.so               libxpcom_core.so    updater.ini
libnspr4.so               libxpcom.so         xpicleanup


Looking at the above listing, you'll find a plugins directory.

If you've got multiple versions of firefox installed, you need to find 
the plugins directory for the version you're running..


-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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